SHELWOOB! I [By E. J. COOLING.] I CHAPTEK I. ; k - . ; A Strang u Disappkauancr. How glorious it is to watch the sun rise in the curly morning ; to si'e this first bright Streak llint tints the horizon gradually spread ing nnd widening until the whole hcitven seems girdled with n belt of gold And then to cntHi the fir.'t. glimpse of the snn himself, ns his broiul, beiiinin,, fucrt siowly emerges from some unknown sphere, nnd, risir.g higher and higher, tit Inst sullies down upon the rnrtli, us though bidding us good morning. And surely light is u goodly thing nnd worthy to bo highly es'ecined, coining is it does from tho Eutlior of Lights, who ut the beginning looked down upon the lights, the work of his creature power, nnd saw that it was good. Yot how often are the first and boat hours of the m* riling wasted in slumber, and health miule to sillier, all because people will not cultivate the habit of early rising. At least I such were the thoughts which passed through the mind of R...

? 3iivcr domphimt. «' .. To tho caunoof many pains ami achoa which pome ?peoplo consider arc ooparato and distinct compHinto. Hcartaphea, palpitation, iudiscotion, fUtulenc k &amp;c., aro eymptonb of a disordered ; liver and nttimaoh. Many nro the quack nostrums sold ao ci yreo for 'indigestion;' but surely tho world \rj jotting .oufliciently enlightened to seo through the /{uacUory which i3-co prevalent in this country. /There aro brolcbu-down plumbers, paintoro, pin: /ercr3. and printers dolling ' medicinea' to cun /discaoeoof which these people do not even kcow tl Asymptono, to nothing of tho therapeutics. Sr. Mi is not tho ca3e with^Dr. FJlutchcr'o Pills. These ^ /aro the pre* ocription of ono of England'o rnc^t cininont physicians and pathologists, and hiv been used most oucccsafully by him for tho last '* (irty yearo in privato nnd hospital practice. Thc.J- havo over | been found effectual in all bilious, otoi hach and liver xcmplaiutti, and can be used by both Aoxcs v/ith...

The World's IProgn'css. According to Mulhall's lately issued work, ' Dictionary of Statistic,' the rather pre valent belief that wealth tends toacuumulato in the possession of a few, and poverty to expand, is a delusion. British pauperism lias declined during th-j last forty years by nearly a half. Thero aro three timeOs many peoplo living iu housos valued at £20 a yeaf than there were 50 yeavs ago. Forty years. ago tho . number of people h iving j incomes of ±.200 per year was '23 per lu,uuu .of population ; thero aio now 700. Tho .ic cumulation3 in saving banks and friendly societies havo grown 14 times faster than population during tho last 50 years. Also, tho avorago wagoa of tho artisan and work ing claases have increased 'iO per cent, in tho camo 'period. Iiilcowiso two porsons n'iw oat as mi|tqh meat an thiee did when tho Queen came to tho throne, and consume four times no much tea nnd ougar, while thoy put away no loss broad thr.n formerly. Wo aro appa rently marching on to ...

? . iattticlljmeut to Mewspiipeivg. The strong attaohmout of subscribers to well conducted newspapers is ful y confirmed by publiahora. ' Stop my paper,' words of droad .to beginners in business, lose their totror after a paper has been .established for a term of years. So long aa a papor pur Buos a just, honourable, and ju licious courao meeting the wants ot its cmtomoro in an respoetg, tho ties ot friendship between tho subscribe! and tho paper are as hard to break by an outsido third party aa tho links which binds old friends in business or social life. Occasional defects and errors in a newspaper are overlooked by those who have become nttacbot.to.it, through its perusal for years. Thoy sometimes becomo dissatisfied wi'.h it on account of aomething which had slipped into its columns, and may stop taking it ; but the ab3Qnco of the fam.liar Bhoet at their homes-and offices becomes an insupportablo privation, and thoy hasten _to tako it again, and possibly apologise for having it ...

STRAY NOTES (By Scrutator.} At the Inst Mittagong Council meeting Alderman Viles proposed to exclude the press representatives. He thinks that the repor* ters do not always exercise discretion in reporting meetings, replying to which oar lively contemporary, the Bowral Free Press poignantly and tersely put it that the reason Alderman 'Viles so thought is because he is not on the press. This is very true If Alderman Viles but understood the art of reporting, and tho business of a newspaper proprietor, as well as he does the duties of an alderman, he would be better satisfied perhaps with tho publication of aldermanic deliberations. The public look upon meetings held with closed doors somewhat wiih tho same kind of suspicion as the Siar Chamber of old engendered. Secret de'ibprations have been so ofien denounced in this enlightened age that wo think Alderman Viles should pause before wishing to transact in camcra such important business concerning the Mittagong ratepayers affairs as h...

Sugoiis. » j- Tic Wallace's wit in Friday's issue ' Kin galoon' sends ua a few oigno ho hao noticed. At tho lower end of Goorge-screet, Sydney, near tho French Cafe you can 000 M A Savage Tailor.' In Woolloomooloo UA Whito Blacksmith, ' And in Redforn ' A Black Whitesmith, ' In tho Commercial .Road, London, can bo soon ' Mangling dono neatly and cloauly withiD by R. E. V. Cald well ; lady proRsero alwayo on hand.' And in Tottenham Court Road ' John Pritchard, chimney swoop to Her Most Gracious Majesty tho Queen aud all tho Royal Family and tho Royal College of Surgeons and other toffo. Note, ao I lmvo 150 men who nevor wash but on tho Lord'a Day ordoro can bo osecuted nt a momeots notico.' Thio notico attracto a good deal of attention. Then in Albury tlioro'y 'A Lord Under taker'; and in Wollongonj* *(A Taylor tailor' ; and in Bulli ' A King tailor and outBttor,' who 0I30 atylos himoolf champion wrestler in tho ' Catc i-as-you-can stylo.' In Sydney there's Wigzetf who roally doos 00...

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Sunday DDrliikSitg ' At the Berrima District Annual Licousing Court held at- Moss Vale tho only license the police complained, abo-it- was ; 111:9 cas® of Sunday trading. Remarking 'upon ^Sunday trading in Sydney and the advise given to the licensod victualers by their association :to keop-diaries the Eek) says should ,se«m that an unworthy suspicion his become rooted in the minds of licensing and other magistrates whereby the ancient and cordial hospitality of mine hosts his been impugned Ace irding. to the' testimony of romatjeers and ? poets, who are by tradition iui'd hi^bit toss pots and therefore ? expert . .witnesses, the warmest welcome upon life's dull ;round is ever to be got in the hostel. The men of this exiling are, it is said, resolved upon uphill, ing the tradition of their craft, ? and are addicted to especial warmth of heart and openness of house on the day which they aud others ara comuiiudod to keep holy. Wherefore weary ? travellers are kindly en treitad on Suuda...